will he go to hell because he could not control his mental disease?
2007-07-27 06:20:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are we dealing in reality here? Or in fantasy?
2007-07-27 06:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It’s an interesting question, and one that the Bible is absolutely silent on. Why does the Bible say nil with respect to how mental illness effects ones choice to have faith or not? Quite simply, the Bible is a collection of books fashioned in a time, when things like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and various physical ailments were not understood, or at best attributed to demonic possession.
This demonstrates, in my mind, that the book is not divinely inspired, but is purely the product of men, and the book reflects the ignorance, barbarism and lack of moral contemplation of the primitive age in which those men lived.
Given all this the Christian is left with a quandary. If he were to say that the priest would be allowed to enter the gates of paradise because the mental disease absolves him of any responsibility for his own sinful nature, then the Christian admits that it is not absolutely necessary to believe in Christ’s atonement on the cross in order to be saved. If that is the case then the entire enterprise of Christ dying on the cross and rising from the dead, and the Christian endeavor to convince us of this fact, is entirely unnecessary and wasteful. On the other hand if the Christian stated that this loss of faith, even if induced by a mental disorder, leads to the condemnation of the priest for all eternity, then the Christian must admit that his God is unfair, and quite frankly evil, for he is condemning a man for conditions that are out of his control.
You see what preposterous dilemmas people get themselves into when they subscribe to ancient superstitions?
2007-07-27 20:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he has schizophrenia then the thoughts aren't demonic but instead a medical/ health issue. A brain chemical imbalance and a mental health issue.
Why does it always have to be about religion when what you're asking is plainly science.
The thoughts are demonic if no mental health issues are presented in a human that is deciding harm, then it is still just a bad person. With an excuse, "the devil".
God would surely see the preist suffered due to illness, its man that doesn't.
2007-07-27 13:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by Nurse Winchester 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought all Christians had the same disease. My book tells me so!
2007-07-27 13:23:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No,full consent of the will and sufficient knowledge are necessary for mortal sin. Anyway,only God is Judge of Souls.
2007-07-27 13:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by James O 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He can't control the chemical imbalances in his brain - why would he go to hell for something that it totally out of his control?
2007-07-27 13:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
And why didn't God protect him from the devil?
Kinda mean thing to let happen to one of your faithful followers who gave his life for your message.
2007-07-27 13:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
quick call benny hinn! he'll fix it!
2007-07-27 13:24:19 · answer #8 · answered by brassmunkiee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋